how do i learn win32 for c++?

i want to plot a graph from scratch and setpixel sucks dick. any good books to look at? msdn encylopedia is way too large.

Avoid dot net since you won't learn Win32 the right way. I think the 2002+ compilers are removing legacy Win32 support.
If the compilers are removing support... uh... just a guess: maybe you shouldn't bother learning it? You only have so many hours in a day.

Do you advocate learning 16-bit x86 assembly too?